September 27th. The Philadelphia Union are leading Inter Miami 1-0 on a rainy night in Chester. The score doesn’t reflect the dominant performance by the Union in a game that features two international stars on the other side, and one of them, Gonzalo Higuaín, is capable of reversing the visitors’ fortunes with one strike. But the Union have stars, too.
Ilshinho gets the ball just inside the Miami half with a crowd of defenders around him, which often times feels like he prefers. He passes to Brenden Aaronson on the sideline, who’s forced to dribble backward.